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Author: Arthur P. Rose (1908)

  ROBERT SHORE is one of the pioneer residents of Ransom township and of Nobles

county. During a residence of thirty-five years in Ransom he has taken a very

active part in the agricultural, official and literary life of the county, and

is one of Nobles' best known men. He is a self made man. At an early age he was

thrown upon his own resources, and, unaided, he has worked his way steadily

upward from humble circumstances.



  Robert Shore was born in Rochdale, Lancastershire, England, Nov. 24, 1828; the

fourth child of Charles and Sarah (Hill) Shore. The father was a spinner by

trade, and spent his entire life in England. Mrs. Shore, the mother of Robert

Shore, died in Pennsylvania in 1875.



  At a very early age Robert Shore began working in a cotton mill, and when

fourteen years old he devoted his entire time to that work. Then he gave up his

day school, but attended night school until he was twenty-two years old, thus

obtaining a good education. In 1850 he married Eliza Greenhalgh, youngest

daughter of John and Betsy (Ingram) Greenhalgh. Mr. and Mrs. Shore resided in

England one year after their marriage, and then, in March, 1851, they took

passage in a sailing vessel from Liverpool to New York, which reached its

destination after a voyage of six weeks. Mr. Shore located at Benton, Lafayette

county, Wis., where for fourteen years he was employed in the lead mines.

Removing to Grant county, in the same state, with the money he had saved from

his earnings as a miner, he purchased eighty acres of land and engagd in farming

and stock raising.



  In February, 1865, Mr. Shore enlisted in company K, of the 44th Wisconsin

infantry, under Colonel George Symmes, of LaCrosse. The regiment went to

Nashville, Tenn., and thence to Paducah, Kentucky, where it engaged in guard

duty, Mr. Shore serving as clerk at regimental headquarters. He was mustered out

with his regiment in August, 1865.



  Returning from his army service, Mr. Shore continued in the farming and

stock-raising business in Grant county, devoting his time to these pursuits

during the summer months and engaged in teaching school during the winters. He

taught fifteen terms of school. During the time of his residence in Wisconsin he

served several years as postmaster of Harelson. In June, 1872, Mr. Shore came to

Nobles county and took as a soldier's homestead 160 acres of land on section 22,

Ransom township. At the time of filing he broke some land, and then he returned

to Wisconsin. He visited his land again in September, bought lumber and

contracted for the erection of a house. On April 1, 1873, he and his family

arrived in the county to make permanent residence, and his home has ever since

been on his original homestead.



  Mr. Shore and family suffered all the hardships of pioneer life, and the

family has become one of the most respected in the township. Mr. Shore has held

many offices of trust within the gift of his neighbors. During the whole period

of his residence here he has held some township or school office. He is a

republican, and in 1877 he was elected county commissioner on that ticket,

serving a two year term as chairman of the board. When Ransom postoffice was

established in the spring of 1896 Mr. Shore was apointed postmaster and served

until the office was discontinued in recent years because of the establishment

of the rural free delivery routes. Both Mr. and Mrs. Shore are members of the

Methodist Episcopal church of Ransom.



  Mr. and Mrs. Shore are the parents of the following children: Charles, John

E., Robert W., Thomas E., Henry W., all Ransom township farmers; Mary E. (Mrs.

Coleman Guernsey), of Worthington.



Additional Comments:
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AN ILLUSTRATED HISTORY OF NOBLES COUNTY

MINNESOTA

BY

ARTHUR P. ROSE



NORTHERN HISTORY PUBLISHING COMPANY 

WORTHINGTON, MINNESOTA 

PUBLISHERS

1908



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